2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and process for preparation and use thereof

ABSTRACT

Intermediates for the preparation of 2-hydroxy-3-(8cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-hydroxy-3-(7cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone, potent antimalarial agents, are prepared as follows: reacting 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid or 7cyclohexylheptanoic acid with 1-naphthol to form 2-(8cyclohexyloctanoyl or 7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-1-naphthol; reducing the 2-acyl-1-naphthol to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7cyclohexylheptyl)-1-naphthol; oxidizing 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1-naphthol to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone; reacting the latter with a peroxide under alkaline conditions to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide; and, hydrolyzing the 2,3-oxide under acidic conditions to yield 2hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4naphthoquinone.

Unite States Patent I Archer et al.

[ 1- June 27, 1972 Highland Drive, East Greenbush, NY. 12061 [22] Filed: Nov. 26, 1969 [21] Appl. No.: 880,371

Related U.S. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 589,202, Oct. 25,

1966, abandoned.

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,480,071 8/1949 Ziegler ..260/396 2,564,967 8/1951 Fieser ...260/396 2,572,946 10/1951 Paulshock ..260/396 Primary Examiner-Lorraine A. Weinberger Assistant Examiner-Vivian Garner Attorney-Elmer J. Lawson, B. Woodrow Wyatt, Thomas L. Johnson, Robert K. Bair, William G. Webb and Roger T. Wolfe [57] ABSTRACT Intermediates for the preparation of 2-hydroxy-3-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-hydroxy-3-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone, potent antimalarial agents, are prepared as follows: reacting 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid or 7- cyclohexylheptanoic acid with l-naphthol to form 2-(8- cyclohexyloctanoyl or 7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol; reducing the Z-acyl-I-naphthol to form 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1-naphthol; oxidizing 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1-naphthol to form 2-(8- cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexy1heptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone; reacting the latter with a peroxide under alkaline conditions to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide; and, hydrolyzing the 2,3-oxide under acidic conditions to yield 2-hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone.

4 Claims, No Drawings Z-(S-CYCLOHEXYLOCTYL OR 7- CYCLOHEXYLHEPTYD-l ,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF This application is a continuation-in-part of our copending application, Ser. No. 589,202, filed Oct. 25, 1966 and now abandoned.

This invention relates to intermediates for preparing 2- hydroxy-3-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2- hydroxy-3-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1 ,4-naphthoquinone, which are potent antimalarial agents, and to a process for preparation and use thereof.

The invention sought to be patented, in its composition aspect, resides in the compounds: 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone and 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl l ,4- naphthoquinone.

The invention sought to be patented, in its process aspect, resides in the process which comprises the steps of: oxidizing 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl 1 -naphthol or 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl )-l -naphthol to form 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone or 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl-1,4-naphthoquinone respectively; reacting the Z-cyclohexylalkyl-l,4-naphthoquinone with a peroxide under alkaline conditions to form 2( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)- l ,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide or 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)- l,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide respectively; and, hydrolyzing the 2,3-oxide under acidic conditions to yield 2-hydroxy-3-( 8- cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone or 2-hydroxy-3-(7- cyclohexylheptyl )-l ,4-naphthoquinone respectively.

The two-step process of reacting 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid or 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid with l-naphthol to form 2-( 8- cyclohexyloctanoyll -naphthol or 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)- l-naphthol respectively and reducing the 2-acyl-l-naphth0l to form 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1-naphthol or 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol respectively is disclosed and claimed in said application, Ser. No. 589,202, as are the compounds, 2- (8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol and 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1 -naphthol.

The above compounds, 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctanoyl)-lnaphthol and 2-(7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol, are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 880,370, filed Nov. 26, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,621,062, issued Nov. 16, 1971.

The above compounds, 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide and 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide, are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 880,372, filed Nov. 26, 1969 and now abandoned.

The above 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid and 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid used as starting materials are obtained by reacting cyclohexylacetyl halide with l-BN-cyclohexene or l-BN- cyclopentene to form 2-cyclohexylacetyl-l-BN-cyclohexene or 2-cyclohexylacetyl-l-BN-cyclopentene respectively or reacting 3-cyclohexylpropanoyl halide with l-BN-cyclopentene to form 2-(3-cyclohexylpropanoyl)-l-BN-cyclopentene, heating the 2-acyl-l-BN-cycl0alkene in an acidic aqueous medium to form 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone, 2- cyclohexylacetylcyclopentanone or 2-( 3-cyclohexylpropanoyl)cyclopentanone respectively, heating the 2-acylcycloalkanone in an aqueous alkaline medium to form 8- cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic acid, 7-cyclohexyl-6-ketoheptanoic acid or 8-cyclohexyl-6-ketooctanoic respectively, and reducing the cyclohexyl-keto-alkanoic acid to yield 8- cyclohexyloctanoic acid, 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid or 8- cyclohexyloctanoic acid, respectively.

The above 2-cyclohexylacetyl-l-BN-cyclohexene, 2- cyclohexylacetyl- 1 -cyclopentene and 2-( 3-cyclohexylpropanoyl )-1-BN-cyclopentene where BN is morpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidino or di-(lower-alkyl)amino are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 866,008, filed Oct. 13, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,607,871, issued Sept. 21, 1971.

The above 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone, 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclopentanone and 2-(3-cyclohexylpropanoyl)- cyclopentanone are disclosed and claimed in our copending application Ser. No. 866,007, filed Oct. 13, 1969.

Alternatively, 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)- 1,4-naphthoquinone is prepared from 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1-naphthol in four steps as follows: reacting 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-lnaphthol with a diazotized salt of sulfanilic acid to form 2-( 8cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-4-( 4-sulfophenylazo)-lnaphthol, reducing the azo compound to form 4-amino-2-(8- cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol, oxidizing said 4-amino compound to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7- cyclohexylheptyl l ,4-dihydro-4-iminol -oxonaphthalene and hydrolyzing said 4-amino compound under acidic conditions to form 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone.

The above 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-4-(4-sulfophenylazo)-1- naphthol and 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-4-(4-sulfophenylazo)-lnaphthol are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 870,808, filed Oct. 17, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,624,066, issued Nov. 30, 1971.

The above 4-amino-2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol and 4-amino-2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 870,807, filed Oct. 17, 1969.

The above 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-imino-loxonaphthalene and 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-dihydro-4- imino-l-oxonaphthalene are disclosed and claimed in our copending application, Ser. No. 870,806, filed Oct. 17, 1969.

The term lower-alkyl, as used throughout this specification, means an alkyl radical having from one to six carbon atoms inclusive, illustrated by methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, npropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, n-amyl, n-hexyl, and the like.

The manner and process of making and using the instant invention will now be generally described so as to enable a person skilled in the art of chemistry to make and use the same, as follows.

I The reaction of cyclohexylacetyl halide with l-BN- cyclohexene or l-BN-cyclopentene or the reaction of 2- cyclohexylpropanoyl halide with l-BN-cyclopentene to form 2-cyclohexylacetyll -BN-cyclohexenc, 2-cycl0hexylacetyll BN-cyclopentene or 2-( 3-cyclohexylpropanoyl lBN- cyclopentene respectively is carried out by mixing said reactants, using the acyl chlorides preferably, in a suitable inert solvent, e.g., chloroform, dioxane, benzene, etc., and in the presenceof an acid-acceptor, e.g., triethylamine, pyridine, dimethylaniline, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, etc., while maintaining the temperature of the reaction mixture between about 0 to 50 C., preferably between about 25 to 40 C. The reaction mixture containing 2-cyclohexylacetyl-1- BN-cyclohexene, 2-cyclohexylacetyl-l-BN-cyclopentene or 2- (3-cyclohexypropanoyl)-l-BN-cyclopentene is then heated, preferably refluxing while stirring, with an aqueous solution containing a mineral acid, e.'g., hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, etc. to convert the 2- cyclohexylacyl-l-BN-cycloalkene to 2-cyclohexylacetyl cyclohexanone, 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclopentanone or 2-(3- cyclohexylpropanoyl)-cyclopentanone respectively. Preferred embodiments in the above steps are those where BN is morpholino. The conversion of the 2-acylcycloalkanone to the corresponding cyclohexyl-keto-alkanoic acid is effected by heating the 2-cyclohexyl-acyl-cycloalkanone in an aqueous alkaline medium, e.g., aqueous potassium or sodium hydroxide solution. The resulting cyclohexyl-keto-alkanoic acid is readily reduced by heating it in a suitable solvent, e.g., a water-soluble solvent boiling between about 180 to 250 C., preferably between about l-220 C., e.g., diethylene glycol, with hydrazine hydrate and subsequent hydrolysis of the resulting hydrazone in the same solvent to form 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid or 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid as indicated above; the formation of the hydrazone was carried out by heating the reactants at about l40 C., preferably about 1 15-125 C., and the hydrolysis of the hydrazone was accomplished by heating it at about l60-250 C., preferably about 225 C. Alternatively, but less preferred, the reduction can be run using zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid.

The reaction of 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid or 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid with l-naphthol to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctanoyl or 7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol is run by heating the reactants in the presence of a condensing agent, e.g., BF or ZnCl preferably in boron trifluoride etherate at about 95 C. Heating temperatures in the range of about 80 to 120 C. can be used. The reduction of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctanoyl or 7- cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol is carried out by heating it with amalgamated zinc and concentrated hydrochloric acid, preferably refluxing in a suitable solvent, e.g., methanol, ethanol, acetic acid, etc., to yield 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-lnaphthol or 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol. 2-( 8- Cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol is converted to 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone by heating at about 50 to 80 C., preferably about 60 to 70 C., 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol with chromium trioxide, i.e., CrO in a suitable solvent, e.g., acetic acid containing about 5 to 50 percent water. The reaction of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone to form its 2,3-oxide is carried out by reacting the former compound with a peroxide, e.g., hydrogen peroxide, under alkaline conditions, e.g., aqueous potassium or sodium hydroxide, preferably using a suitable organic solvent e.g., tertiary-butane], dioxane. The slightly exothermic reaction is run without any external heating. The 2,3-oxide is hydrolyzed under acidic conditions to produce 3- (8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-2-hydroxy-1,4 naphthoquinone, the hydrolysis preferably being carried out by dissolving the oxide in concentrated sulfuric acid, adding this solution to a mixture of water (or ice) and acetic acid and then heating the reaction mixture on a steam bath.

The best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention will now be set forth, as follows Cyclohexaneacetyl chloride A solution of 430 g. cyclohexaneacetic acid in 1,000 ml. of chloroform was added to 430 g. (3.6 moles) of thionyl chloride at such a rate as to maintain gentle reflux. After the addition was completed the reaction was refluxed for 2 hours. The chloroform was removed in vacuo and the residue was distilled. A total of 432 g. (90 percent) of colorless oil, b.p. 8892 C./l8 mm., was collected.

l-Morpholinocyclohexene A solution of 180 g. (2.04 moles) of morpholine, 196 g. (2.00 moles) of cyclohexanone, 400 ml. of benzene and 1.0 g. of p-toluenesulfonicacid was refluxed for 20 hours, during which time a total of 39 ml. of water was collected. The benzene was removed under vacuum and the residue was distilled. A total of 265 g. (79 percent) of product, hp. 1 l4l 16 C./l 2 mm., was collected.

Following the above-described procedure for the preparation of l-morpholinocyclohexene but using piperidine, pyrrolidine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, di-n-propylamine or di-n-hexylamine in place of morpholine, there is obtained, respectively, l-piperidinocyclohexene, l-pyrrolidinocyclohexene, l-dimethylaminocyclohexene, l-diethylaminocyclohexene, 1-di-n-propylaminocyclohexene or l-di-n-hexylaminocyclohexene. Following the above procedure for the preparation of l-morpholinocyclohexene and using cyclopentanone in place of cyclohexanone and using morpholine, piperidine or diethylamine, there is obtained, respectively, 1- morpholinocyclopentene, l-piperidinocyclopentene or idiethylaminocyclopentene.

Z-Cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone A solution of 288 g. (1.72 moles) of freshly prepared l-morpholinocyclohexene and 188 g. (1.87 moles) of triethylamine (dried over KOH) in 1,000 ml. of chloroform was treated over a period of 130 minutes with a solution of 273 g. (1.70 moles) of cyclohexaneacetyl chloride in 500 ml. of chloroform while maintaining the temperature at 28-35 C. by means of a water bath. During the addition, the system was protected with a calcium chloride drying tube. Immediately following the addition, the reaction mixture was stored at 4 C. for 16 hours. The light yellow solution containing 2-cyclohexylacetyl-l-morpholinocyclohexene was treated with a solution of 225 ml. (2.7

moles) of concentrated hydrochloric acid in 550 ml. of water and the two-phase system was refluxed for 2 hours while stirring rapidly. The mixture was cooled and separated. The chloroform solution was washed with water, 5 percent sodium bicarbonate solution and twice more with water (to obtain a pH of 7.0). The chloroform was removed under vacuum. The fraction boiling at 128l31 C./0.05 mm. was collected to yield 275 g. (72 percent) of 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone as a light yellow oil.

Following the above procedure for the preparation of 2- cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone but using l-piperidinocyclohexene, l-pyrrolidinocyclohexene, l-dimethylaminocyclohexene, l-diethylaminocyclohexene, 1 -di-npropylaminocyclohexene, l-di-n-hexylaminocyclohexene, lmorpholinocyclopentene, l-piperidinocyclopentene or 1- diethylaminocyclopentene, in place of l-morpholinocyclohexene, there is first obtained, respectively, 2-cyclohexylacetyl-1- piperidinocyclohexene, 2-cyclohexylacetyl- 1 -pyrrolidinocyclohexene, 2-cyclohexylacetyll -dimethylaminocyclohexene, 2-cyclohexylacetyl-1diethylaminocyclohexene, 2- cyclohexylacetyl- 1-di-n-propylaminocyclohexene, 2- cyclohexylacetyl-1-di-n-hexylaminocyclohexene, 2-cyclohexylacetyll -morpholinocyclopentene, 2-cyclohexylacetyl-1- piperidinocyclopentene or 2-cyclohexylacetyll diethylaminocyclopentene, each of which is then converted on acid hydrolysis, as above, to yield 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone from said cyclohexene derivatives and 2- cyclohexylacetylcyclopentanone from said cyclopentene derivatives. Following the above procedure for the preparation of 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone but using 1- morpholinocyclopentene, l-piperidinocyclopentene or 1- diethylaminocyclopentene in place of l-morpholinocyclohexene and 3-cyclohexylpropanoyl chloride in place of cyclohexylacetyl chloride, there is first obtained, respectively 2-(3- cyclohexylpropanoyl l -morpholinocyclopentene, 2-( 3- cyclohexylpropanoyl)-l-piperdinocyclopentene or 2-(3- cyclohexylpropanoyl)-l-diethylaminocyclopentene, each of which on acidic hydrolysis as above yields 2-(3-cyclohexylpropanoyl) cyclopentanone.

8-Cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic Acid A solution of 190 g. (3.4 moles) of potassium hydroxide in 1,000 ml. of water was heated to reflux in a 3-liter 3-neck flask. With vigorous stirring 275 g. (1.23 moles) of 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone was added over a period of several minutes while maintaining reflux temperature. The light yellow reaction mixture immediately became homogeneous and it was quickly cooled in ice. While cooling and stirring, the reaction mixture was acidified slowly whereby the product precipitated. After cooling to 10 C., the product was filtered and dried at 35 C. in vacuumfor twenty hours. A total of 298 g. percent) of the white crystalline 8-cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic acid, m.p. 6 l63 C., was obtained.

Following the above-described procedure for the preparation of 8-cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic acid but using 2-(3- cyclohexylpropanoyl)cyclopentanone or Z-cyclohexylacetylcyclopentanone in place of 2-cyclohexylacetylcyclohexanone, there is obtained 8-cyclohexyl-6-ketooctanoic acid or 7- cyclohexyl-6ketoheptanoic acid respectively.

S-Cyclohexyloctanoic Acid A solution of 23.7 g. (0.089 mole) of 8-cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic acid, 16 ml. of 85 percent hydrazine hydrate and 150 ml. of diethylene glycol was heated at C. for 4 hours. The solution was cooled to about 60 C.; excess water and hydrazine hydrate was removed under vacuum while raising the temperature back to 120 C. The cloudy, buff colored solution was again cooled to about 60 C. and 25 g. of potassium hydroxide was added. Under a nitrogen atmosphere, the temperature of the mixture was raised to 220 C. over a period of 1 /2 hours. The temperature was maintained at 220 C. until the solution just started to darken (approximately 30 minutes); the solution was then carefully poured into about 3 volumes of ice and water. After the mixture was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid, it was extracted three times with ether. The combined ether extracts were dried over CaCl charcoaled and concentrated in vacuum. The light brown residue, which readily crystallized, weighed 17.5 g. (87 percent). The crude product was recrystallized from methanol, using a dry ice-acetone bath. The filtration was carried out in the refrigerator since the product readily redissolved at room temperature. The yield was 15.0 g. (75 percent) of 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid, m.p. 4142 C. 8-Cyclohexyloctanoic acid is also obtained following the above -described procedure but using 8-cyclohexy1-6-ketooctanoic acid in place of 8-cyclohexyl-7-ketooctanoic acid; 7-cyclohexylheptanoic acid is obtained using 7- cyclohexyl-6-ketoheptanoic acid in place of 8-cyc1ohexyl-7- ketooctanoic acid.

2-(8-Cyclohexyloctanoyl)-l-naphthol A solution of 43.9 g. (0.193 mole) of 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid and 29.3 g. (0.203 mole) of a-naphthol in 125 ml. of boron -trifluoride etherate (47 percent) was stirred and heated on a steam bath for one hour. A total of 200 ml. of water was added carefully but fairly rapidly while a vigorous evolution of ether ensued. The mixture was cooled and an additional 250 ml. of water was added. The product was extracted with chloroform. The extracts were washed twice with water, dried over CaCl, and charcoaled, and finally concentrated in vacuum. The brown residue, which weighed 82.0 g., crystallized on cooling. The crude product was slurried in 300 ml. of cold methanol and collected; the bright yellow precipitate was washed with about 50 ml. of cold methanol. After drying sixteen hours at 30 C. in vacuum, the product, 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctanoyl)-lnaphthol, weighed 51.2 g. (75 percent) and melted at 86-87 C. 2-(8-Cyclohexyloctanoyl)-l-naphthol when tested by standard in vitro antibacterial procedures was found to have antibacterial activity, thereby indicating its further use as an antibacterial agent.

Following the above-described procedure but using 7- cyclohexylheptanoic acid in place of 8-cyclohexyloctanoic acid, there is obtained 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol.

2-(8-Cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol A mixture of 24.3 g. (0.069 mole) of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctanoyl)-1-naphthol, 100 g. of amalgamated zinc, 500 ml. of methanol and 100 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid was refluxed while stirring vigorously for 1 hour. An additional 100 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid was added and refluxing was continued for 2 hours. The volume was reduced to about 250 ml. in vacuo and'then diluted with 200 ml. of water. The product was extracted with ether; the extracts were combined, dried over CaCl and concentrated. The residue was crystallized from npentane by cooling in a dry ice-acetone bath. The product was dried at room temperature under vacuum to yield 19.5 g. (84 percent) of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1-naphthol, m.p. 3839 C. Following the above-described procedure for the preparation of 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol but using 2-(7-cyclohexylheptanoyl)-l-naphthol in place of 2-(8-cyclohexyloctanoyl)-1 -naphthol, 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l -naphthol is obtained.

2-(8-Cyclohexy1octyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone (via 4-amino-1- naphthol) A mixture of 23.4 g. (0.135 mole) of sulfanilic acid and 7.2 g. (0.065) mole) of sodium carbonate in 135 ml. of water was heated until the materials were in solution. The solution was cooled to about C. and a cold solution of 10.2 g. (0.147 mole) of sodium nitrite in 27 ml. ofwater was added. The resulting solution was poured at once into a mixture of 30 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 160 g. of ice. The reaction was allowed to stand in an ice bath for twenty minutes. In a 2-liter, 3-neck flask 45.9 g. (0.135 mole) of 2-( 8- cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol in 270 ml. methanol was treated with a solution of 30 g. of sodium hydroxide in 120 ml. of water and the slurry was cooled to C. The suspension of the diazonium salt was then added, using 45 ml. of methanol to wash it in. The resulting purple solution containing 2-(8- bright yellow within minutes and it was stirred for fifteen minutes without additional heating. The 4-amino-2-(8- cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol was collected and washed with water. To oxidize said 4-aminonaphthol, the moist precipitate was suspended in 350 ml. of acetic acid and the suspension was added fairly rapidly to a stirred solution of g. of chromium trioxide (CrO in 300 ml. of acetic acid and 60 ml. of water while maintaining the temperature at 60 C. After 5 minutes the mixture was cooled and the precipitate collected. The brown crystalline 2-( 8-cyc1ohexy1octyl) -1 ,4-dihydro-4- imino-l-oxonaphthalene chromate salt was placed in a desiccator overnight. The irnine salt was hydrolyzed by dissolving it in 250 ml. hot acetic acid and adding 250 ml. concentrated hydrochloric acid to the solution. After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured into 500 ml. of water. The crystalline product that separated was collected and recrystallized from absolute ethanol to yield 32.0 g. (67 percent) of light brown crystalline 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone, m.p. 8283 C.

In another run of the above-described procedure, a preferred modification was the oxidation of the 4- aminonaphthol as its sulfate salt, said modification being illuscyclohexyloctyl)-4-(4-su1fophenylazo)- l-naphthol was stirred trated as follows To a solution (cooled to 20 C.) containing 1.4 liters of water, 700 ml. of concentrated sulfuric acid, 4.1

liters of acetic acid and 415 g. of chromium trioxide was added, with external cooling, a slurry of 4-amino-2-(8- cyc1ohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol [obtained as above through the azo compound from 637 g. of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-lnaphthol] in 4 liters of acetic acid whereupon the temperature of the reaction mixture rose to 45 C. The reaction mixture was then heated on a steam bath; after the temperature had reached 87 C., 6 liters of water were added to the reaction mixture which was cooled to 8 C. The. resulting crystalline precipitate was collected, washed with a total of 6 liters of water, and dried at room temperature in vacuo over the weekend (68 hours) to 600 g. (91 percent) of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone, m.p. 79-8 1 C.

Following the above-described procedure but starting with 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol instead of 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol, there are obtained respectively 2-(7- cyclohexylheptyl-4-(4-sulfophenylazo)-lsnaphthol, 4-amino- 2-(7-cyclohexylhepty1)-1-naphthol, 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)- 1,4-dihydro-l-oxonaphthalene (as chromate or sulfate salt), and 2-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl )-l ,4-naphthoquinone.

2-( 8-Cyclohexy1octyl)-1 ,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide To a suspension of 7.7 g. (0.0228 mole) of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone, 1.3 g. (0.0232 mole) of potassium hydroxide in 20 m1. of water, and ml. of tertiary-butanol was added 7.7 ml. of 30 percent hydrogen peroxide and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour (the reaction was slightly exothermic). The mixture was poured into two volumes of water, cooled and filtered. The product was 'washed well with water and then dried at 30 C. in vacuo. The slightly pink crystalline 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl l ,4- naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide weighed 6.9 g. (82 percent) and melted at 5 1-5 3 C. 2-( 8-Cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide when tested by standard antimalarial testingprocedures in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei was found to have antimalarial activity, thereby indicating its further use as an antimalarial agent.

Following the above-described procedure but using 2-(7- cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone, there is obtained 2- (7-cyclohexylheptyl)- 1 ,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide.

2-l-lydroxy-'3-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone A total of 30 g. (0.0814 mole) of 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone-2,3 -oxide was added slowly to ml. of concentrated sulfuric acid while maintaining the temperature at about 5 C. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature. After the solution became homogeneous it was poured into a solution of 200 g. of ice in 600 ml. of glacial acetic acid. The mixture was heated on a steam bath for 1 hour, then cooled and filtered. The crystalline product was charcoaled and recrystallized twice from methanol to yield 24.0 g. (80 percent) of 2-hydroxy-3-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone, m.p. 7779 C.

Following the above procedure but using 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide, there is obtained 2- hydroxy-3-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone.

2-(8-Cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone (by direct oxidation of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-lnaphthol) To a solution of 3.42 g. of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol in 25 ml. of acetic acid was added dropwise with stirring over a period of 10 minutes a solution of 4 g. of chromium trioxide in a mixture of 4 ml. of acetic acid and 4 ml. of water. The reaction mixture was heated in a water bath at about 63 to 7 1 C. for hours and then poured into 2 /2 volumes of water. The aqueous mixture was extracted with ether. The ether extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and heated in vacuo to remove the ether. The residue was dissolved in 30 ml. of ethanol and the ethanolic solution cooled. The resulting precipitate was collected to yield 1.3 g. of 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4- naphthoquinone, m.p. 79-8 1 C. The filtrate was concentrated to a volume of about ml. and cooled to yield another 0.3 g. of said product.

In another run, a solution of 8.0 g. of chromium trioxide in 8 ml. of acetic acid and 10 ml. of water was added dropwise with stirring over a period of minutes to a solution of 6.8 g. of 2- (8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol in 50 ml. of acetic acid, with the temperature of the reaction mixture rising to 55 C. during the addition. The reaction mixture was then allowed to cool to room temperature (35 C.), stirred for 17 hours, and poured into 300 ml. of water, whereupon some crystalline product separated immediately. The mixture was cooled to 15 C., and the product collected and recrystallized from methanol to yield 3.0 g. of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone, m.p. 8283 C. A second crop of product, m.p. 78-80 C., was obtained from the filtrate.

Following the above procedure but using 2-( 7-cyclohexyheptyl)-l-naphthol in placev of 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl)-lnaphthol, there is obtained 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone.

2-Hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1 ,4-naphthoquinone and 2-hydroxy-3-( 7-cyclohexylheptyl )-l ,4-naphthoquinone were found to have useful antimalarial activity when tested by standard chemotherapeutic procedures against plasmodial infections in animals, e.g., against Plasmodium berghei infections in mice; their activity was significantly greater than the antimalarial activity for previously known and tested 2-hydroxy- 3-cyclohexyla1kyl-1,4-naphthoquinones which had been prepared by different procedures than disclosed herein.

The subject matter which the applicants regard as their invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed as follows:

1. In the process of preparing 2-hydroxy-3-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone, the steps which comprise heating 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l-naphthol at about 50 to C. with chromic trioxide to form 2-( 8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone, reacting the latter with hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions to form 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7- cyclohexylheptyl 1 ,4-naphthoquinone-2,3-oxide, and hydrolyzing the 2,3-oxide under acidic conditions to yield 2- hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl or 7-cyclohexylheptyl)-l,4- naphthoquinone.

2. A process according to claim 1 wherein 2-( S-cyclohexyloctyl)-l-naphthol is used in the first step and the final product is 2-hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-l ,4-naphthoquinone.

3. A 2-(cyclohexylalkyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone selected from 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-( 7- cyclohexylheptyl l ,4-naphthoquinone.

4. 2-( 8-Cyclohexyloctyl)-l,4-naphthoquinone according to claim 3.

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11; certified and that said Letters Patent are hereby cor-re between the lines designated tively the inventors {f Cover page, first column,

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Signed and Sealed this 29th day of January 1974.

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2. A process according to claim 1 wherein 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1-naphthol is used in the first step and the final product is 2-hydroxy-3-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone.
 3. A 2-(cyclohexylalkyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone selected from 2-(8-cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-(7-cyclohexylheptyl)-1, 4-naphthoquinone.
 4. 2-(8-Cyclohexyloctyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone according to claim
 3. 